Dress fastener



J y 1931. i A. SMIDO 1,814,341

I DRESS FASTENER Filed April 21, 1930 INVENTOR Patented July 14, 1931 PATENT oFFic ANNA SMIDO, OF ROSEVILLE, MICHIGAN DRESS FASTENER Application filed April 21,

This invention relates to dress fasteners, and particularly to fasteners interiorly attachable to the shoulder portion of a dress and engageable with the shoulder strap of a slip or other undergarment for maintaining such strap in proper position of use. An object of the invention is to'provide a. fastener of the described character comprising a hooked member formed of substantially 1 rigid material and adapted for quick detachable engagement'with the shoulder strap of an undergarment, and further comprising alength of tape or webbing whereby said hook may be flexibly interiorly secured to the shoulder portion of a dress.

Another object is to adapt the hooked member of such a fastener to be readily detached from such tape or webbing, so as to constitute no obstacle to washing of the dress and its 29 passage through a wringer.

Still another object is to provide a fastener of the described character that will be simple, inexpensive, and of attractive ap- 1 pearance.

These and various other objects the invention attains by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. I

Fig.1is a bottom plan view of the hook member of the improved fastener.

Fig. 2 is a side view of said member, indicating in dash lines engagement of same by looped strip of tape or webbing. V

Fig. 3'is a cross sectional view of the same,

taken upon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig, 4 is a perspective view of the ap pliance in use. r

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but disclosing a modified construction.

In these views, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate a pair of spaced parallel arms, integrally connected by a bend 3 to form a hook member. Said member may be 7 formed from a strip of sheet metal, hard rubber, celluloid, or other material having suitable rigidity. The "arm 1 of said hook projects at the open end of the hook, somewhat beyond the other arm and is formed with a substantially rectangular opening 4;,

between which and the opposed edges of the 1930. Serial N0. 446,013.

member2, thin strips 5 and 5a are produced. Said strips respectively have opposite notches Sand 6a, the former interrupting the marginal edge of the opening 4, and the latter mterrupting the side edge of the member 1, as best appears in Fig. l. A keeper pin 7 is adapted to normally extend across the openmg. 1 transversely of the arm 1 and has one of its ends looped as indicated at 8 to pivot saidpin upon the strip 5, said loop engagmg 1n the notch 6 to restrain the pin 7 from shifting from its normal substantially central relation to the opening 4. The other, or free end of the pin 7 is bent as indicated at 9, to form a slight projection engageable in the notch Be, as appears in Fig. 1, to further restrain the pin 7, when in use, from shifting lengthwise of the arm 1.

The described hook member is adapted to be interiorly attached to the shoulder port1on of a dress 10 by a doubled length of ribbon or tape 11, having its superposed end portions secured to the shoulder portion of the dress 10 by a row of stitching 12. At its return bent end, the member 11 is looped around the keeper pin 7 after passing through the opening 4:. Thus, the strain exerted upon said member in use is so transmitted to the pin 7 as to hold the latter against the strip 5a, with the projection 9 in the notch 6a..

' The described fastener is adapted to engage the shoulder strap 13 of an undergarment 14, as best appears in Fig. 4, said strap being slipped between the arms 1 and 2 through the open end of the hook.

When it is desired to detach the hookforming member to permit of washing the dress 10, it is necessary simply to swing the keeper pin 7 about its pivoted end, as appears in dash lines in Fig. 3, the free end of said keeper pin being thus shifted sufliciently from the strip 5a to permit the loop of the holding member 11 to be readily detached from said keeper pin.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 5, a hook member is employed having parallel arms 1 and 2, differing in length, said member duplicating that, alreadydescribed. This modification, however, replaces the keeper pin 7 by a keeper hook 15,

which is of approximately rectangular form and pivoted upon the arm 1', as indicated at 16. Said keeper hook extends preferably from its pivot toward the free end of the arm 1, and the free end of said keeper hook extends normally substantially centrally across the opening 4 of said arm so as to be engageable by a loop holding tape or ribbon 11, such as has been already described.

When it is desired to disengage the hook member 1, 2 from the holding member 11, the keeper hook is swung to the dash line position shown in Fig. 5, in which said holding member is released. Preferably, a sector-shaped operating arm 17 projects from the pivotal end of the keeper hook in substantially the same direction as the bent end portion of said hook, and projects slightly beyond the margins of the members 1 and 2, its periphery being serrated to permit of its ready rotation by a thumb or finger to shift the keeper hook between its full and dash line positions.

It will be noted that the described fastener in either form is of simple and inexpensive construction, and that the described hook member may be formed by a stamping operation from sheet metal at low cost.

While it will be apparent that the illus trated embodiments of my invention are well calculated to adequately fulfill the objects and advantages primarily stated, it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to variation, modification and change within the spirit and scope of the subjoined claims.

WVhat I claimis:

1. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having spaced substantially parallel arms integrally connected at one end of said member, one of said arms being formed at the other end of said member with an opening, a keeper member pivoted upon the last named arm at one side of said opening and having a portion normally extending across said opening transversely of said arm, and an elongated, flexible holding member formed with a loop at one end thereof passing through said opening and engaging said keeper member, said keeper member being restrained by its pivotal mounting from movement along the pivotal axis.

2. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having a pair of spaced substantially parallel arms integrally connected at one of said member, one of said arms projecting at the other end of said member beyond the other, and having its projecting portion formed with an opening, a keeper member pivoted upon said hook member at one side of said opening and having a portion extending normally across said opening transversely of the hook member, and an elongated flexible holding member formed with a loop at one end thereof extending through said opening and engaged with said keeper member, said keeper member being restrained from movement along its pivotal axis and adapted to swing about said axis to permit release of said holding member.

3. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having a pair of spaced substantially parallel arms integrally connected at one end of said member, one of said arms being formed adjacent to the other end of said member vwith an opening having its edge formed with a notch, a keeper pin looped about the strip formed between the notched edge of said opening and a side edge of the last named arm, the loop being engaged in said notch to restrain the keeper pin from shifting lengthwise of said arm, said keeper pin extending across said opening, and an elongated flexible holding strip terminally formed with a loop extending through said opening and engaging said keeper pin, the latter being adapted to swing about its looped end to permit disengagement of the holding strip therefrom.

4:. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having a pair of substantially parallel, spaced arms integrally connected at one end of said member, one of said arms being formed adjacent to the other end of said member with an opening between which and the opposed edges of said arm there are produced narrow strips formed with opposite notches, one interrupting an edge of said opening and the other interrupting a side edge of the last named arm, a keeper pin extending normally across said opening and looped about one of said strips within the notch interrupting the margin of said opening, the other end portion of said keeper pin being bent to form a projection normally engaging in the other of said notches, and an elongated, flexible holding strip terminally formed with a loop passing through said opening and engaging said keeper pin.

5. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having a pair of substantially spaced, parallel arms integrally connected at one end of said member, one of said arms being formed adjacent to. the other end of said member with an opening, a keeper hook pivoted upon the last mentioned arm between'said opening and the closed end of the hook member, and having an end portion normally extended transversely of said member across said opening, and an elongated, flexible holding member formed with a loop atone end thereof passing through said opening and engaging said keeper hook.

6. A dress fastener comprising a hook member having spaced substantially parallel arms integrally connected at one end of said member, one of said arms being formed at the other end of said member with an opening, a keeper hook pivoted upon the last named arm between said opening and the closed end of said member, and having an end portion normally extending across said opening, and an elongated, flexible holding member formed with a loop at one end thereof passing through said opening and engaging said'keeper hook, said keeper hook being formed with a projection from its pivotal end extending in substantially the same direction as the bent end portion of said hook, and projecting beyond the hook member for actuating the keeper hook to disengage it from said holding member.

7. A dress fastener comprising a member having a pair of spaced substantially parallel arms of different lengths integrally connected at one end of said member to form a hook, and a hooked keeper pivoted upon the longer of said arms adjacent to the free end of the other arm and normally extending lengthwise of said longer arm, away from the free end of the shorter arm, the end portion of said keeper remote from itspivot being extended transversely to the longer arm to form a hook, and a holding member normally engaged with the hook of said keeper hook and disengageable therefrom through pivotal shifting of said keeper from said normal position.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

ANNA SMIDO. 

